Senior Engineer, C++ Software (R5848)

Shield, Melbourne

The role

Shield AI is seeking a Senior C++ Software Engineer, Edge Systems to define and build the software foundations that power autonomous systems operating in demanding real-world environments.

This role sits within the Edge Systems team, where software meets hardware. You will solve complex engineering problems spanning Linux edge computing, imaging, sensor integration, mission systems, and autonomy, building software that runs on real hardware in operational environments rather than laboratory prototypes.

As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will provide technical leadership across the Edge Systems domain. You will shape architecture and long-term technical direction across multiple teams and products, lead the resolution of complex cross-cutting problems, and establish engineering approaches that improve the effectiveness of the broader organisation.

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Senior Engineer, C++ Software (R5848)

Shield, Melbourne

The role

Shield AI is seeking a Senior C++ Software Engineer, Edge Systems to define and build the software foundations that power autonomous systems operating in demanding real-world environments.

What you need

- Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
Extensive industry experience developing modern C++ software for Linux.
Demonstrated experience developing user-space applications that interface with cameras, sensors, networking, GPUs, storage, or other hardware through operating system APIs, middleware, or vendor SDKs.
Deep practical experience developing, profiling, and debugging software on Linux.
Experience deploying complex C++ software to Linux-based edge compute platforms such as NVIDIA Jetson or comparable ARM64 systems.
Strong software engineering fundamentals, including concurrency, interface design, memory management, data structures, algorithms, testing, and version control.
Proven ability to diagnose complex issues across software, Linux, networking, timing, hardware integration, and deployment boundaries.
Experience owning complex technical work from incomplete requirements through design, implementation, integration, verification, deployment, and support.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills across multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Successful Senior Staff Engineer candidates will demonstrate

A sustained record of defining architecture for large, complex, or mission-critical software systems.
Demonstrated technical influence across multiple teams, products, or engineering disciplines.
Leadership of complex initiatives where success depended on alignment across organisational boundaries.
Proven technical leadership through influence, sound judgement, and credibility rather than organisational authority.
Experience mentoring senior engineers and developing other technical leaders.
Ownership of long-term technical strategy alongside hands-on engineering and product delivery.
Evidence of establishing platforms, standards, interfaces, or engineering practices adopted beyond their immediate team.
Strong judgement when balancing performance, reliability, maintainability, scalability, delivery, and operational risk.
The ability to communicate technical strategy, decisions, and risks to senior engineering, product, and business stakeholders.

Senior Engineer, C++ Software (R5848)

The role

Senior Engineer, C++ Software (R5848)

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